Nota Bene Restaurant, Toronto Interior, Canada, Ontario Architecture, Images
Nota Bene Restaurant in Toronto
Gastro Bar Interior in Canada ? design by +tongtong, Architects
24 Apr 2017
Nota Bene Restaurant
Architects: +tongtong
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nota Bene Restaurant

Award winning interior design firm +tongtong has collaborated with renowned Owner/Chef David Lee to renovate the interiors of Nota Bene, an established fine dining restaurant that was originally designed by the buildings Architects KPMB. While remaining in Toronto?s popular Queen Street West neighbourhood, the reimagined Nota Bene features an all-new design. +tongtong developed a concept inspired by Chef David Lee?s new menu ideas centered on seasonal ingredients. +tongtong expands the idea of the changing of the seasons to a concept of change itself. The design integrates elements that celebrate the beauty of change, by the powers of nature and by the ingenuity of man.
Queen Street West is animated with fashion retailers, hardware suppliers, and variety stores. Along this stretch is also home to the Much Music broadcasting studio, The Canadian Opera House and the National Ballet of Canada. Upon entering the Restaurant patrons are greeted by a statuesque tree. The trunk is of a fallen Ironwood tree resurrected from the floor of a Southern Ontario forest and treated with the ancient Japanese process of Shou Sugi Ban, a technique in which wood is preserved through carbonization rendering it mat...